Neighbor dispute gate post

diggingdude

if i was your neighbour and you refused to remove it i would remove it and half of the drive at the same time. have some respect

kinger101

G_M wrote: »

https://www.cityofbelfast.org/

OP said Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Sibz

Don't know what the circumstances were or are. It's also none of my business.

If the laws are the same in NI then you could try to claim that area by adverse possession arguing that your Granda maintained it for so long.

That's not what I would recommend however - as others have said that could very easily backfire on you by negatively affecting your sale.
I'd move the post back onto the right side of the boundary repairing any marks left as well as you reasonably can and thank the neighbours for accommodating your Granda's needs in this matter for that time. If the purchasers want to come to an arrangement with the neighbours that is then up to them.

Clutterfree

The OP called the neighbour the “now” neighbour.
I’m wondering if the original neighbours who gave permission have since moved and the current occupants now want it removing.
No idea if this would have any bearing on things though because they bought it with the post already there.

Sibz

Clutterfree wrote: »

The OP called the neighbour the “now” neighbour.
I’m wondering if the original neighbours who gave permission have since moved and the current occupants now want it removing.
No idea if this would have any bearing on things though because they bought it with the post already there.

Could it also be that the OP has moved into his Grandas' old property so they're his 'now neighbo(u)rs' ?

MysteryMe

Why is this even an issue, just use your common sense. Remove the post and make good the hole.

unforeseen

Sibz wrote: »

Don't know what the circumstances were or are. It's also none of my business.

If the laws are the same in NI then you could try to claim that area by adverse possession arguing that your Granda maintained it for so long.

That's not what I would recommend however - as others have said that could very easily backfire on you by negatively affecting your sale.
I'd move the post back onto the right side of the boundary repairing any marks left as well as you reasonably can and thank the neighbours for accommodating your Granda's needs in this matter for that time. If the purchasers want to come to an arrangement with the neighbours that is then up to them.

Adverse possession would fail as permission was given

Sibz

unforeseen wrote: »

Adverse possession would fail as permission was given

By the current occupants/owners?

-taff

Did your grandfather and neighbours formalise this decision?

If not, just take it out.

zagubov

Sibz wrote: »

By the current occupants/owners?

Would that matter? If the current neighbours continued to let him have the use in the spirit of good neighbourliness it would still fail on the adverse possession unless you could somehow prove they were unaware and weren't just simply consenting out of kindness to an elderly person.

And am I old-fashioned for thinking that "No good deed should go unpunished" should never be any family's motto?